The twenty-first century has relegated airplane flight—a once remarkable feat of human ingenuity—to the realm of the mundane. Mark Vanhoenacker, a 747 pilot who left academia and a career in the business world to pursue his childhood dream of flight, asks us to reimagine what we—both ...
Soon, the whole city of Seattle will know that one of their most infamous residents is being escorted by police to Boeing Field to leave on an airplane with a group of armed terrorists. Dietrich speaks for the whole police force when he hopes this fiasco can end before everyone wakes up. ...
Once that conclave is over, the shutters open, and [Lawrence] opens the window, and lets the air and the sun and life back in. And he hears that feminine laughter of those three nuns. In a way, it’s the future and it evokes a smile on him. It’s the promise of a more egalita...
and over the years the joint has been known as Flossie’s, Danny’s, The Good Time, Grant Avenue Saloon, The Motherlode, Barbary Belle’s and a half-dozen other monikers going back to 1853 when the place first opens on the same spot. I...
It’s comforting to know that airplane will hold up to the roughest of air. That said, I still prefer to be negotiating through turbulence in a wide-body jetliners like Boeing 777 than a CRJ. Moderate turbulence is strong enough to move things around in the cabin. As a test, you can...
There are fun nods to aviation throughout the hotel. You'll find brass desks in rooms resembling airplane wings and a mosaic art wall adjacent to the conference area using AI to create keywords specific to the flight industry. HOTEL POLARIS ...
That's where the airplane-toilet flush comes in, a noise so loud it's as if the toilet bowl opened up to the skies to release its contents. No wonder rumors say the force of the flush is strong enough to suck the entrails right out of your butt!
That can be difficult while buckled up in a car or in an airplane seat for hours. A backpack full of board books, mess-free coloring kits and a trusty tablet can help alleviate the boredom. We're going to be honest, though: Of all the ages, the 18 months to 3 years range is the...